zombieflanders and Ben Hobbs you bring up good points. I've seen more than a few DVD players fail many tests on Hometheaterhif's excellent reviews.
However if your 1080p set doesn't deinterlace well then perhaps it seems rather foolhardy that you should place much emphasis in "interlace" versus "Progressive".
In audio and video the worst thing you can do is rely on specs. You have two eyes and two ears for a reason. Poor performing 1080p isn't going to look better than excellent 1080i in many cases.
I choose to let my eyes be the final arbiter of what is or isn't quality. I've seen HD-DVD and it looks greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat. I expect nothing less from Blu Ray as well.
However if money wasn't an option I'd love to see an XRD based set with a signal pumped in through a Realta HQV based processor and Algolith Mosquito. There's always ways to improve "assumed perfection". :D cheers
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zombieflanders and Ben Hobbs you bring up good points. I've seen more than a few DVD players fail many tests on Hometheaterhif's excellent reviews.
However if your 1080p set doesn't deinterlace well then perhaps it seems rather foolhardy that you should place much emphasis in "interlace" versus "Progressive".
In audio and video the worst thing you can do is rely on specs. You have two eyes and two ears for a reason. Poor performing 1080p isn't going to look better than excellent 1080i in many cases.
I choose to let my eyes be the final arbiter of what is or isn't quality. I've seen HD-DVD and it looks greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat. I expect nothing less from Blu Ray as well.
However if money wasn't an option I'd love to see an XRD based set with a signal pumped in through a Realta HQV based processor and Algolith Mosquito. There's always ways to improve "assumed perfection". :D cheers